Biden Speaks Truth: Democrats are “Turkeys”
Sep 25, 2009 4 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Joe Biden has campaigned for a lot of Democrats during his lifetime in politics — including a few who are “turkeys,” the vice president joked at a Thursday night fundraiser in Virginia.
Attending the fundraising event on behalf of three Democratic House members from Virginia — Reps. Glenn Nye, Gerry Connolly and Tom Perriello — at the home of former Virginia Sen. Chuck Robb, an off-script Biden suggested competence doesn’t stretch across the entire Democratic Party.
“These guys are smart, “Biden said of the three Virginia congressmen. “Some of the guys Chuck [Robb] and I have campaigned for are turkeys. Not all Democrats are created equal, while most Republicans are.”
Biden went on to say the candidates are “independent minded” and “damn competent,” and all share the party’s core principles of health care and energy reform.
Nye and Perriello, hailing from the more conservative regions of the once solidly Republican-voting state, are expected to face especially difficult re-election races.










